Updates tagged with github on Hacker Poesy!
rozzin: I was going to write an article explaining how #GitHub #Copilot, at least in its current incarnation, is problematic enough that you should avoid using it, but this one covers most of what I wanted to say: https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 08-Nov-2022 11:16:48 EST
I was going to write an article explaining how #GitHub #Copilot, at least in its current incarnation, is problematic enough that you should avoid using it, but this one covers most of what I wanted to say: https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/
drak: #GitHub Reinstates #youtube-dl; #RIAA Abused #DMCA https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca
drak's status on Sunday, 22-Nov-2020 11:42:58 EST
#GitHub Reinstates #youtube-dl; #RIAA Abused #DMCA https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca
lnxw48a1: How to publish #git repos that cannot be republished to #GitHub: http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/how_to_publish_git_repos_that_cannot_be_republished_to_github/
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 02-Nov-2020 23:19:39 EST
How to publish #git repos that cannot be republished to #GitHub: http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/how_to_publish_git_repos_that_cannot_be_republished_to_github/
lnxw48a1: http://status.hackerposse.com/url/22685 [mikestone me] "I Don't Trust GitHub" I'm not big on #GitHub (even before Microsoft bought them), but my impression of DMCA is that GH did not have any say about closing repositories. The claims in the DMCA request may have been garbage, but #Microsoft GitHub doesn't get to choose. They have to disable access to those repos or be liable f https://nu.federati.net/notice/3343672
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 12:50:31 EDT
http://status.hackerposse.com/url/22685 [mikestone me] "I Don't Trust GitHub" I'm not big on #GitHub (even before Microsoft bought them), but my impression of DMCA is that GH did not have any say about closing repositories. The claims in the DMCA request may have been garbage, but #Microsoft GitHub doesn't get to choose. They have to disable access to those repos or be liable f…
musicman: RT @lnxw48a1 For those who are unaware, the #RIAA filed a #DMCA takedown request against #YouTube-DL's #GitHub repo. The claim is that ytdl is primarily used for circumventing copyright enforcement mechanisms.
musicman's status on Monday, 26-Oct-2020 16:47:11 EDT
RT @lnxw48a1 For those who are unaware, the #RIAA filed a #DMCA takedown request against #YouTube-DL's #GitHub repo. The claim is that ytdl is primarily used for circumventing copyright enforcement mechanisms.
xrevan86: RT @lnxw48a1 https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org #IPP
xrevan86's status on Monday, 26-Oct-2020 11:34:17 EDT
RT @lnxw48a1 https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org #IPP
xrevan86: xrevan86 favorited something by lnxw48a1: https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org #IPP
xrevan86's status on Monday, 26-Oct-2020 11:34:11 EDT
xrevan86 favorited something by lnxw48a1: https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org #IPP
lnxw48a1: Due to an unfixed #GitHub bug, someone was able to use a PR to copy the YTDL repo's contents into the GitHub DMCA repo. https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/416da574 I'm guessing the bug will be fixed within 24 hours.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 25-Oct-2020 17:00:56 EDT
Due to an unfixed #GitHub bug, someone was able to use a PR to copy the YTDL repo's contents into the GitHub DMCA repo. https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/416da574 I'm guessing the bug will be fixed within 24 hours.
lnxw48a1: For those who are unaware, the #RIAA filed a #DMCA takedown request against #YouTube-DL's #GitHub repo. The claim is that ytdl is primarily used for circumventing copyright enforcement mechanisms.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 23-Oct-2020 18:45:03 EDT
For those who are unaware, the #RIAA filed a #DMCA takedown request against #YouTube-DL's #GitHub repo. The claim is that ytdl is primarily used for circumventing copyright enforcement mechanisms.
musicman: RT @lnxw48a1 Uh oh. Malicious person takes over a set of ad-blocking and security browser extensions. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/10/23/0417228 Source: https://shitposter.club/objects/97707ce0-5019-4519-b348-d790c5efd538 Mentions #npm and #github, but I can't see any reference in the article (using phone)
musicman's status on Friday, 23-Oct-2020 17:13:43 EDT
RT @lnxw48a1 Uh oh. Malicious person takes over a set of ad-blocking and security browser extensions. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/10/23/0417228 Source: https://shitposter.club/objects/97707ce0-5019-4519-b348-d790c5efd538 Mentions #npm and #github, but I can't see any reference in the article (using phone)
lnxw48a1: Uh oh. Malicious person takes over a set of ad-blocking and security browser extensions. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/10/23/0417228 Source: https://shitposter.club/objects/97707ce0-5019-4519-b348-d790c5efd538 Mentions #npm and #github, but I can't see any reference in the article (using phone)
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 23-Oct-2020 12:16:49 EDT
Uh oh. Malicious person takes over a set of ad-blocking and security browser extensions. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/10/23/0417228 Source: https://shitposter.club/objects/97707ce0-5019-4519-b348-d790c5efd538 Mentions #npm and #github, but I can't see any reference in the article (using phone)
lnxw48a1: https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org #IPP
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 19-Oct-2020 19:08:35 EDT
https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org #IPP
lnxw48a1: Planning to play with #Kallithea https://kallithea-scm.org/ soon. I’m still very much in favor of #Fossil https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki but I’m not rigid about it (the way many #Git and #Github users are). If either Git or #Mercurial ( #Hg ) https://www.mercurial-scm.org/ are appropriate for the situation, I’ll use them.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 29-Jul-2020 19:54:28 EDT
Planning to play with #Kallithea https://kallithea-scm.org/ soon. I’m still very much in favor of #Fossil https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki but I’m not rigid about it (the way many #Git and #Github users are). If either Git or #Mercurial ( #Hg ) https://www.mercurial-scm.org/ are appropriate for the situation, I’ll use them.
drak: That was surreal: My !GNU #Emacs just sent a #twofactor authentication code to my mobile when interfacing with #github via #magit.
drak's status on Monday, 13-Jul-2020 16:57:54 EDT
That was surreal: My !GNU #Emacs just sent a #twofactor authentication code to my mobile when interfacing with #github via #magit.
lnxw48a1: I was on the #Pump.io #Github site yesterday and found a wiki page about servers. Not the usual Pump servers, but servers that provide services that most federated socnets generate from each instance. For example, RagTag\.io was to provide hashtagging for the network. There were statistics hubs, a firehose, a find-your-friends service, and more. The repositories are still ther https://nu.federati.net/notice/3311795
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 18-May-2020 12:46:06 EDT
I was on the #Pump.io #Github site yesterday and found a wiki page about servers. Not the usual Pump servers, but servers that provide services that most federated socnets generate from each instance. For example, RagTag\.io was to provide hashtagging for the network. There were statistics hubs, a firehose, a find-your-friends service, and more. The repositories are still ther…
lnxw48a1: Someone on SSB said they received a phishing message pretending to come from #GitHub. The link actually went to glt-hub\.com. Just so you're aware. Also, though I have not seen any sign of it, you can expect COVID-19 to be used by scammers.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 08-Apr-2020 23:29:13 EDT
Someone on SSB said they received a phishing message pretending to come from #GitHub. The link actually went to glt-hub\.com. Just so you're aware. Also, though I have not seen any sign of it, you can expect COVID-19 to be used by scammers.
lnxw48a1: @moonman My feelings exactly. I didn't have anything original there ( #Github ) in the first place, but I had patches for others' projects. I removed everything several years ago. Yes, a couple of potential employers have passed on hiring me because my GH account was empty. I just (A) don't want to support centralized facilities like GH or SourceForge any more, when you can hos https://nu.federati.net/notice/3210351
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Dec-2019 09:22:21 EST
@moonman My feelings exactly. I didn't have anything original there ( #Github ) in the first place, but I had patches for others' projects. I removed everything several years ago. Yes, a couple of potential employers have passed on hiring me because my GH account was empty. I just (A) don't want to support centralized facilities like GH or SourceForge any more, when you can hos…
mmn: @grote I'm interested in providing polylines for routes in #Transportr, how should I do that? Recent commit messages don't reveal it despite 2.0.5 release saying "polylines for more networks". .] I've been mapping and updating the OSM data for public transport v2 in Umeå, Sweden at least. I can't join the conversation over on #GitHub.
mmn's status on Monday, 11-Feb-2019 12:54:09 EST
@grote I'm interested in providing polylines for routes in #Transportr, how should I do that? Recent commit messages don't reveal it despite 2.0.5 release saying "polylines for more networks". .] I've been mapping and updating the OSM data for public transport v2 in Umeå, Sweden at least. I can't join the conversation over on #GitHub.
andstatus: RT @andstatus @tom79 About a year ago I duplicated #AndStatus code depository in #Gitlab and since that time I'm pushing updates to both #Github and Gitlab. Unfortunately, "Issues" aren't part of the public repository, and so they cannot be duplicated easily. That time I decided that Issues in Gitlab are subpar compared to Githubs, so I stayed with Github for communication wi https://loadaverage.org/notice/12996282
andstatus's status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 09:42:05 EDT
RT @andstatus @tom79 About a year ago I duplicated #AndStatus code depository in #Gitlab and since that time I'm pushing updates to both #Github and Gitlab. Unfortunately, "Issues" aren't part of the public repository, and so they cannot be duplicated easily. That time I decided that Issues in Gitlab are subpar compared to Githubs, so I stayed with Github for communication wi…
andstatus: @tom79 About a year ago I duplicated #AndStatus code depository in #Gitlab and since that time I'm pushing updates to both #Github and Gitlab. Unfortunately, "Issues" aren't part of the public repository, and so they cannot be duplicated easily. That time I decided that Issues in Gitlab are subpar compared to Githubs, so I stayed with Github for communication wit https://mastodon.social/@AndStatus/100156516549415378
andstatus's status on Wednesday, 06-Jun-2018 02:39:19 EDT
@tom79 About a year ago I duplicated #AndStatus code depository in #Gitlab and since that time I'm pushing updates to both #Github and Gitlab. Unfortunately, "Issues" aren't part of the public repository, and so they cannot be duplicated easily. That time I decided that Issues in Gitlab are subpar compared to Githubs, so I stayed with Github for communication wit…
mmn: RT @tbr "Every Github repo right now #GitHub #GitLab" https://twitter.com/nickmorrott/status/1003414736682258432
mmn's status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 11:59:03 EDT
RT @tbr "Every Github repo right now #GitHub #GitLab" https://twitter.com/nickmorrott/status/1003414736682258432
tbr: "Every Github repo right now #GitHub #GitLab"https://twitter.com/nickmorrott/status/1003414736682258432
tbr's status on Monday, 04-Jun-2018 03:16:35 EDT
"Every Github repo right now #GitHub #GitLab" https://twitter.com/nickmorrott/status/1003414736682258432
lnxw48a1: @wxl Both for those who won't touch #github and for failure-tolerance, consider adding a mirror somewhere like hosted #gitlab https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/, !selfhost ed with #gitea https://gitea.io/en-us/, hosted #gitgud https://gitgud.io/, or even hosted #bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2017 23:29:19 EDT
@wxl Both for those who won't touch #github and for failure-tolerance, consider adding a mirror somewhere like hosted #gitlab https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/, !selfhost ed with #gitea https://gitea.io/en-us/, hosted #gitgud https://gitgud.io/, or even hosted #bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/
mmn: Doesn't #GitHub even support #IPv6?!! wtf is this piece of shit disservice
mmn's status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2017 13:07:22 EDT
Doesn't #GitHub even support #IPv6?!! wtf is this piece of shit disservice
mmn: @maloki Sorry, don't take my long post as some kind of rant against you (that's how I interpret the "dude"). I just explain my perspective of it after a couple of years in this environment ;) And I can't do it on the #GitHub issues because, y'know, I don't like being a customer with proprietary services etc.
mmn's status on Wednesday, 19-Apr-2017 04:10:18 EDT
@maloki Sorry, don't take my long post as some kind of rant against you (that's how I interpret the "dude"). I just explain my perspective of it after a couple of years in this environment ;) And I can't do it on the #GitHub issues because, y'know, I don't like being a customer with proprietary services etc.
mmn: @HerraBRE though I see now that you complained about #Mastodon not respecting the Accept: header... Yeah, that's obviously a bad bug and should be reported as such. Unfortunately I can't create or discuss Mastodon issues as I'm not a customer with #GitHub...
mmn's status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2017 17:01:22 EDT
@HerraBRE though I see now that you complained about #Mastodon not respecting the Accept: header... Yeah, that's obviously a bad bug and should be reported as such. Unfortunately I can't create or discuss Mastodon issues as I'm not a customer with #GitHub...
mmn: @Gargron PS. I can't join the discussions on #GitHub because I'm not a customer there. I hope you're getting my input through here.
mmn's status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2017 18:09:19 EDT
@Gargron PS. I can't join the discussions on #GitHub because I'm not a customer there. I hope you're getting my input through here.
mmn: @rysiek @lambadalambda My hope is that #FOAF gets implemented in #Mastodon. Then any FOAF crawler can generate a good overview of the social graph. (I can't add issues or requests since I'm not a customer with #GitHub, so cc: @gargron)
mmn's status on Sunday, 09-Apr-2017 07:45:40 EDT
@rysiek @lambadalambda My hope is that #FOAF gets implemented in #Mastodon. Then any FOAF crawler can generate a good overview of the social graph. (I can't add issues or requests since I'm not a customer with #GitHub, so cc: @gargron)
fsf: Do GitHub's updated terms of service conflict with copyleft? https://u.fsf.org/24x #Github#ToS #copyleft
fsf's status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2017 14:56:46 EDT
Do GitHub's updated terms of service conflict with copyleft? https://u.fsf.org/24x #Github#ToS #copyleft
mmn: RT @bes I'm also not sure what the new GitHub ToS really means,but this are some valid questions https://io.schiessle.org/url/31672 #GitHub #ToS #FreeSoftware
mmn's status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 18:22:31 EST
RT @bes I'm also not sure what the new GitHub ToS really means,but this are some valid questions https://io.schiessle.org/url/31672 #GitHub #ToS #FreeSoftware
bes: I'm also not sure what the new GitHub ToS really means,but this are some valid questions https://io.schiessle.org/url/31672 #GitHub #ToS #FreeSoftware
bes's status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2017 15:47:03 EST
I'm also not sure what the new GitHub ToS really means,but this are some valid questions https://io.schiessle.org/url/31672 #GitHub #ToS #FreeSoftware
mmn: It's fun that exactly what you said about #InternetOfThings and #DDOS was used on #Twitter, #Spotify, #GitHub etc. only days after the talk :)https://motherboard.vice.com/read/blame-the-internet-of-things-for-destroying-the-internet-today
mmn's status on Saturday, 22-Oct-2016 14:54:56 EDT
It's fun that exactly what you said about #InternetOfThings and #DDOS was used on #Twitter, #Spotify, #GitHub etc. only days after the talk :) https://motherboard.vice.com/read/blame-the-internet-of-things-for-destroying-the-internet-today
mmn: RT @strk help free software authors escape the #github trap: ask them not to _push_ contributors there: https://brusio.pallamondo.net/url/1839
mmn's status on Monday, 27-Jun-2016 13:31:15 EDT
RT @strk help free software authors escape the #github trap: ask them not to _push_ contributors there: https://brusio.pallamondo.net/url/1839
strk: help free software authors escape the #github trap: ask them not to _push_ contributors there: https://brusio.pallamondo.net/url/1839
strk's status on Monday, 27-Jun-2016 13:19:09 EDT
help free software authors escape the #github trap: ask them not to _push_ contributors there: https://brusio.pallamondo.net/url/1839
mmn: @majestyx Oh, I didn't know M$ hosts on #GitHub. I assumed they used their own "codeplex"-whatever-they-called-it.
mmn's status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2016 05:56:25 EDT
@majestyx Oh, I didn't know M$ hosts on #GitHub. I assumed they used their own "codeplex"-whatever-they-called-it.
mmn: Or I could use this to extract https://github.com/mapzen/metroextractor-cities (because I can't request them to add Umeå as I am not a customer with #GitHub)
mmn's status on Tuesday, 19-Apr-2016 09:52:53 EDT
Or I could use this to extract https://github.com/mapzen/metroextractor-cities (because I can't request them to add Umeå as I am not a customer with #GitHub)
mmn: OH COME ON! #GitHub doesn't even have #IPv6?!
mmn's status on Tuesday, 19-Apr-2016 06:48:40 EDT
OH COME ON! #GitHub doesn't even have #IPv6?!
mmn: @tuttle Last weekend I was ready to stay home instead of going to a "fix/remake" workshop (me representing !umehack) because they hadn't setup _any_ communication outside of walled gardens (apart from collecting emails). I had told them they should get just an ordinary website. It didn't happen until I explained that only supporting walled gardens directly oppose a ha https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/466309
mmn's status on Tuesday, 19-Apr-2016 04:21:43 EDT
@tuttle Last weekend I was ready to stay home instead of going to a "fix/remake" workshop (me representing !umehack) because they hadn't setup _any_ communication outside of walled gardens (apart from collecting emails). I had told them they should get just an ordinary website. It didn't happen until I explained that only supporting walled gardens directly oppose a ha…
bobjonkman2: I don't understand why you're urging us to clear out of #Github -- hiring people to work on community management and anti-harassment tools seems like a good thing to me.
bobjonkman2's status on Wednesday, 24-Feb-2016 18:02:02 EST
I don't understand why you're urging us to clear out of #Github -- hiring people to work on community management and anti-harassment tools seems like a good thing to me.
mmn: @kat Ah, never mind. I hear the median salary for the #GitHub lock-in personnel force is ~0.00 USD/h anyway.
mmn's status on Thursday, 28-Jan-2016 16:26:57 EST
@kat Ah, never mind. I hear the median salary for the #GitHub lock-in personnel force is ~0.00 USD/h anyway.
mmn: @kat Did you ask what their salary was, now that they were working for #GitHub?
mmn's status on Thursday, 28-Jan-2016 16:11:51 EST
@kat Did you ask what their salary was, now that they were working for #GitHub?
mmn: @if It is, but I would recommend getting !qvitter from the (official) non #GitHub repository! https://git.gnu.io/h2p/Qvitter
mmn's status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 07:48:45 EST
@if It is, but I would recommend getting !qvitter from the (official) non #GitHub repository! https://git.gnu.io/h2p/Qvitter
mmn: @chimo Every repo that #GitHub loses is a win for the decentralised web. Now git over here, you!
mmn's status on Saturday, 16-Jan-2016 17:26:09 EST
@chimo Every repo that #GitHub loses is a win for the decentralised web. Now git over here, you!
mmn: RT @ linked to this from git outta here, GitHub
mmn's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2016 12:12:49 EST
RT @ linked to this from git outta here, GitHub
: linked to this from git outta here, GitHub
's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2016 12:12:44 EST
linked to this from git outta here, GitHub
mmn: git outta here, #GitHub! https://blog.mmn-o.se/2016/01/15/git-outta-here-github/
mmn's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2016 10:36:17 EST
git outta here, #GitHub! https://blog.mmn-o.se/2016/01/15/git-outta-here-github/
mmn: Woopii! #GitHub account deleted! https://social.umeahackerspace.se/attachment/47305
mmn's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2016 08:44:39 EST
Woopii! #GitHub account deleted! https://social.umeahackerspace.se/attachment/47305
mmn: I can't delete my #GitHub account without enabling #Javascript. :(
mmn's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2016 08:43:16 EST
I can't delete my #GitHub account without enabling #Javascript. :(